Let go...

Last Saturday, Colleen and I went to the Scarborough Faire Renaissance Festival in Waxahachie, Texas. What fun! Hundreds of people letting go of their barriers and limitations to take on and experience a different (and fun) reality. There where so many people dressed in period costumes.

Here in North Texas, it was a very rainy day. It drizzled and rained all day and... we had a ball! In fact, since it was a rainy day, only those who were really committed to be there were there and so there were so many people in costume. Due to the rain, the whole place was one big mud pit!

One little girl caught our attention. She was there with her daddy and she was muddy from head to toe. We watched as her dad stood by and allowed this little one to let go of the social requirements of cleanliness. She played, stomped, jumped, and sat in the mud. What a little doll.

In many ways, the youngest among us are the wisest.

What veil do you want to shed?

BE Amazing!
-Lane

Old Patterns

Yesterday was Mother's Day. My mom passed on from this life in 2000. More than most other times, she really made a significant presence on my mind this Mother's Day. I miss her and would really love to share with her everything that you and I are sharing now. I know she is/would be proud.

Our parents, or those who took on the parental role for us as a child, have had a significant influence on our lives even today. There are so many attitudes and behaviors that we chose to accept from them - naturally so.

The attitudes and behaviors (patterns) are reflected in the way we think about money and abundance, the way we raise our children, the way we show love, and so on.

I think, as the empowered being that you are, that it makes sense to look at your old patterns you adopted from your parents. Do they serve you today?

Here is an assignment for you. Get out a sheet of paper and answer the following questions. Be honest. Just write without judgment.

"How am I like my mom?"
"How am I like my dad?"
"How am I like ...?"

Of those old patterns, which of them are not serving your highest good and the highest good of those around you?

Now - and this is the most important part - take action to shift/eliminate/change or otherwise make your life... well... you life.

You CAN do it!

BE Amazing!
-Lane

The Meaning of Life

Hi Everyone

I'm back! ;-) I have such a wonderful wife! It was very sweet of her to get the newsletter out for me. I really wanted to get it done and last week was very full. Moreover, I am humble by her comments. I am blessed.

I learned an interesting lesson a couple of weeks ago. It was about the meaning of life (no, it is not 42).

Typically, when a body is buried at the end of a life in this plane, there are two dates written on the headstone. The birth date and the death date. Between those two dates there is a "-", a dash.

If a person has lived their life only to serve self, then the only meaning we can assign to that person's life is "-", and it is so declared on the headstone. There are no memories to recall, no writings of good works or legacies of charities. Just, "-".

When you live a life to serve others something magical happens.
Other lives, having been touched by yours, are indelibly etched with your signature. Your good works make a continual and on going difference in the world through each and every person you touch. You make memories. Stories are told. And what you give, you get back.

BE Amazing!
-Lane